ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING A BLAZE IN BREMER COUNTY HAS DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
50-YEAR-OLD "JIM RICHARDS" FROM ORAN WAS HOSPTIALIZED YESTERDAY WITH CHEST PAINS AFTER FIGHTING A FIELD FIRE...HE LATER DIED.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BURNING TRASH SPARKED YESTERDAY'S BLAZE.
MORE THAN 80 ACRES WAS BURNED.
DOCTORS SUSPECT JIM RICHARDS MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE BATTLING THE BLAZE. RICHARDS LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND A SON AND DAUGHTER WHO ARE BOTH IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Bremer County borders where I live to the North. I will be sad all day.


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